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Ironcast

Dreadbit · Ripstone · 2015-03-26

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 26, 2015 (Linux), Mar 01, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Mar 26, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 10, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 04, 2016 (Xbox One), Mar 26, 2015 (Mac)

Puzzlequest meets FTL in this Steampunk Victorian era roguelite.

Ironcast is a 2015 Indie, RPG, and Strategy game priced at $2.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Mostly Positive reviews (72% of 967 reviews).

1
playing now
72%
positive of 967 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4.01★
PlayStation Store rating (288 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Ironcast is a British turn-based strategy video game developed by Dreadbit and was released for PC platforms in March 2015, PS4 and Xbox One in March 2016, and Nintendo Switch version in August 2017. The game has individual missions played through a match-three system, and features procedurally generated missions, permadeath, and staples of the roguelike genre.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 24k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 967 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-07-13) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 47 of 69 observed days · $1.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220172026Week of 2017-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5822Mar 2015Aug 2026Mar 2015 — avg 582 · peak 1,088Jul 2015 — avg 21 · peak 66Nov 2015 — avg 11 · peak 44Mar 2016 — avg 7 · peak 19Jul 2016 — avg 9 · peak 24Nov 2016 — avg 6 · peak 26Mar 2017 — avg 7 · peak 26Jul 2017 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2017 — avg 6 · peak 20Mar 2018 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2018 — avg 4 · peak 9Nov 2018 — avg 7 · peak 38Mar 2019 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2021 — avg 9 · peak 30Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-03-262026-10-142015-03-26 — best price $10.492015-11-25 — best price $8.992016-05-23 — best price $14.992017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-09-21 — best price $14.992018-02-15 — best price $7.492018-09-13 — best price $14.992019-05-24 — best price $14.992020-01-22 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-07-15 — best price $14.992021-11-17 — best price $14.992022-01-08 — best price $14.992022-03-25 — best price $2.992022-05-07 — best price $12.592022-07-12 — best price $3.002022-08-30 — best price $12.592022-11-16 — best price $14.992023-01-02 — best price $12.592023-03-13 — best price $14.992023-04-25 — best price $12.592023-06-23 — best price $2.992023-08-25 — best price $14.992023-11-17 — best price $3.432024-01-10 — best price $14.992024-02-26 — best price $12.592024-04-18 — best price $12.592024-06-28 — best price $3.002024-09-02 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-04-17 — best price $5.922025-08-22 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-06-11 — best price $14.992026-08-14 — best price $2.992026-09-05 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-06-02 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6 pageviews2026-06-14 — 3 pageviews2026-06-18 — 4 pageviews2026-06-22 — 6 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1 pageviews2026-06-30 — 9 pageviews2026-07-04 — 5 pageviews2026-07-08 — 3 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1 pageviews2026-07-20 — 10 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-28 — 2 pageviews2026-08-01 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 6 pageviews2026-08-21 — 2 pageviews2026-08-25 — 4 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1 pageviews2026-09-02 — 1 pageviews2026-09-06 — 2 pageviews2026-09-10 — 2 pageviews2026-09-14 — 4 pageviews2026-09-18 — 1 pageviews2026-09-22 — 7 pageviews2026-09-26 — 3 pageviews2026-09-30 — 1 pageviews2026-10-04 — 1 pageviews2026-10-08 — 3 pageviews2026-10-12 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
77.3%
earned "Overkill"
30.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2015-05-01, latest 2015-11-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,4065%30
PS4 (PlayStation)5859%14
Xbox One (Xbox)4045%14
Switch (Nintendo)120%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGEpicIndieMechsCasualPuzzleMatch 3StrategySteampunkRogue-like

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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